Improvement in compositions for destroying worms in fruit-trees



To all whom it may concern.-

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SOLOMON, Knruuaor rorrrs row'n, PENNSYLVANIA,

Letters- Patent No. 108,030, dated October 4, 1870.

IMPROVEMENTIN coiinP osrnoNs FbR DESTROVING wonmsm FRUIT-TREES.

The Schedule referred to these LettersPatent and making part of thesame.

Be it knownthatl, SOLOMON Knrnnn, of Pottstown, in the count-y ofMontgomery and. in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certainnew and useful Composition for Destroying Worms ilrFruit-v A Trees; anddo hereby'declare that the following is a 1 full, clear, andexactdescription thereoil' I The objectof myinvention is to effectuallydestroy a worms thatimbe'd themselves in the bark of peach 1 and otherfruit-trees, and not onlyinjure the fruit,

but also ei eutualIy. destrpy the tree; ,and'

It consists in the hereinafter-described composition, compounded oftheingredients and in the manner substantiallyas and for the purpose shown.

To form the desired compound,I dissoli 'e one ounce of asafetida in onepint of coal-oil, and then add one-,

half gill of fish-oil. a t a The compound is applied to the bark of thetree with abrush or sponge,and, by means of the penetrating natureof thecoal-oil, is caused to pass through the same into the wood, where theasafetida and f sho l remain, while said coal evaporates.

Within five minutes after the application of the composition the wormsmake their appearance upon the surface of the bark, and, falling to theground, die.

The odors ot' the asafetida and fish-oil are of such a character that noinsect can endure them, and, being a very durable, one application ofthe composition each year will be suflicicnt to entirely prevent wormsfrom troubling trees.

Having thus fullyset forth-the nature and merits of my invention,

What I claim as new is' The hereinbefore-described composition,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 21st day of September,

SOLOMON KEPNER.

' Witnesses:

, L; H. DAVIS,

WM. M. EVANS.

